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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-B&A-1990-11-20 - Budget Meeting BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE BUDGET MEETING 7:30 P.M. NOVEMBER 20, 1990 MINUTES PRESENT: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Booth, Cummings, Golder, Romanowski, Peterson (late) OTHER ALDERPERSONS PRESENT: Johnson, Schroeder (late) , Hoffman, Daley, Blanchard (late) OTHERS PRESENT: Controller - Cafferillo Deputy Controller - Thayer Planning Director - Van Cort INHS Director - Mazzarella Representatives from various Human and Other Service Agencies Members of the Media 1. Opening Comments Chairperson Booth discussed how the voting is done for these special budget meetings. He reminded the Committee that the budget results are not final until the total budget is approved December 5, 1990. Common Council members were given the opportunity to comment on tonight's meeting or any other aspect of the budget. Alderperson Cummings and Johnson urged the Committee that the Human Services Committee spent a great deal of time on the Agencies ' requests and would like to have the Committee follow those recommendations. Chairperson Booth had two concerns as follows: A. Every dollar added to the budget now will make it that much more difficult to make decisions at the end of the budget discussions. B. The Human Service Agencies need to look at increased funding from other sources (i.e. Tompkins County) . Alderperson Hoffman had some concerns as follows: A. Not concerned over individual agency requests but is concerned that the total Human Service budget is 50% increased from the prior year. It was noted that 25% of this increase is from the Mayor's $25, 000 proposal for a Youth Coordinator position. B. Youth Coordinator position should be taken out of the Human Services budget and be under control of BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 the City Controller. Alderperson Johnson stated that a 5% to 6% limit was set for increases to these agencies, but that the Mayor's increase was well above this limit. Chairperson Booth stated the agenda for this meeting will be as follows: A. Human Services Agencies B. Other Service Agencies C. Planning Department Budget/Executive Session D. INHS Budget E. Revenues No members of the public wanted to speak at this time. 2 . Human Service Agencies A discussion followed on the procedure to be used to discuss the Human Service Agencies ' requests. It was decided by the Committee that all the Human Service requests will be discussed and if a negative motion is made, a vote on that motion will be made. If no negative motion is made the funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. Alderperson Hoffman stated that all agencies should seriously look at other funding sources for their requests. In the future, he would like to see as part of the Human Services Coalition recommendation a notation as to whether or not the Agency sought funding from the County. A. AIDS-WORK The Mayor's recommendation is $4 , 235. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed. B. COMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER The Mayor' s recommendation is $9, 489. A discussion on the reason for a new court program of $3 ,000 followed. It was stated by a representative of the Dispute Center that a large percentage of the court cases for this program are from the City. After a brief description of the program the following motion was made: To delete $1, 500 from the Dispute Center's Court program to leave a funding balance of $1, 500. Chairperson Booth stated that he would like to curtail any new programs. Alderpersons Daley and Cummings discouraged this motion. The voting results on this motion were as follows: _ 2 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Ayes (2) - Booth, Romanowski Nays (5) - Golder, Hoffman, Cummings, Daley, Johnson Motion failed. The following motion was made: To delete $940. from the Dispute Center's Court program to leave a funding balance of $2,060. The voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (2) - Booth, Romanowski Nays (5) - Golder, Hoffman, Cummings, Daley, Johnson Motion failed. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. C. DAYCARE COUNCIL The Mayor's recommendation is $14, 513 . Marge Dillions presented a memo to the Committee on the R&R Program. She stated that the R&R Program creates Daycare, training for daycare, and referrals for Daycare for working parents. This Program brings in Federal and State funding. The County is funding $26, 000 for this program for 1991. A discussion followed on a recent article in the Ithaca Times on the Daycare Council. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. Chairperson Booth stated that the City has committed a large amount of funds for Daycare with the approval of the Capital Project budget for 1991. D. DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS The Mayor's recommendation is $8, 022 . Sandy Lions, the Director of Displaced Homemakers, stated that she is requesting that $767 be placed back into her request for Displaced Homemakers. She stated that the vote at the Human Services Committee was tied on restoring the funding. She also stated that the State will be cutting some of their funding as they are with all Agencies. Alderperson Cummings made the following motion: To increase the funding for the Displaced Homemakers by $767. leaving a funding balance of $8,800. Voting results on the motion were as follows: 3 0 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 _ Ayes (5) - Cummings, Daley, Golder, Booth, Johnson Nays (2) - Romanowski, Hoffman Motion passed. E. DROP IN CENTER The Mayor's recommendation is $6, 300. Chairperson Booth stated that the Drop In Center will be receiving a large subsidy from the City, much larger than any other Agency. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed. F. FRIENDSHIP CENTER The Mayor's recommendation is $1, 524 . It was noted that this was a new program for 1991. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed. G. GROUP HOMES The Mayor' s recommendation is $1,996. This is a new program for 1991. A representative from Group Homes stated that the program is looking for subsidies from various places to assist in the support of the Homeless. Group Homes has received funding from Social Services and the Ithaca City School District. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. H. HOMES - GREEN STREET The Mayor's recommendation is $5, 250. The funding request for 1991 represents a $1,449 increase from 1990. Alderperson Johnson stated that the $3,801 funding in 1990 did not represent a full year and that the request for 1991 was for a full year. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. I. ITHACA RAPE CRISES The Mayor' s recommendation is $3, 145. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. J. LEARNING WEB The Mayor' s recommendation is $6, 681. The Learning Web stipends program requested $17, 000 for 1991 and was cut back to $2, 100 by the Human Services Committee and the Mayor. Alderperson Cummings stated that the Human Services Committee was very interested in the Stipends Program. A 4 — -- - - -- - -- --- BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 representative from the Learning Web stated that 50% of the Stipend Youth come from the City of Ithaca, yet the City is recommending only 15% of the Agency's total request. Alderperson Cummings made the following motion: Increase the Learning Web stipends program by $5,900. the total request would be increased from $6, 681 to $12, 581. Chairperson Booth urged the Committee not to accept this increase. He stated that many other agencies are requesting greater funding, but the reality is the City cannot afford to fund all the requests. Alderperson Hoffman felt the request was out of line with other Human Service requests. Alderperson Johnson and Daley felt that the Learning Web program was a good investment. Voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (4) - Golder, Johnson, Cummings, Daley Nays (3) - Booth, Romanowski, Hoffman Motion passed. Alderperson Cummings was excused for a portion of the meeting, but would return. K. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS The Mayor's recommendation is $3 ,860. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. L. MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER The Mayor's recommendation is $3, 000. The Human Services Coalition recommended that zero dollars be funded. Alderperson Johnson stated .that the human Services Committee felt that the money would be used for good ethnic services in the Community and recommended a $3, 000 funding. It was noted that the Agency requested $5, 000 for 1991 funding from the City. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: Delete $1, 500 from the Mayor's recommendation of $3, 000. This would leave a funding balance of $1, 500. Voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (3) - Romanowski, Booth, Hoffman Nays (3) - Johnson, Daley, Golder 5 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Motion failed for lack of a majority. The funding request remains as proposed by the Mayor. M. NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES The Mayor' s recommendation is $3, 530. Mr. Thomas, a representative from Neighborhood Legal Services stated that the money is used to assist homeless individuals, which are currently in temporary homes, to remain in these homes. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. N. OAR The Mayor's recommendation is $3 , 465. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. 0. RED CROSS EMERGENCY SHELTER The Mayor's recommendation is $4, 000. This funding amount has remained constant since 1989. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. P. SENIOR CITIZENS The Mayor's recommendation is $26, 283. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. Q. SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER The Mayor's recommendation is $11, 584 . It was noted that the Southside Center is requesting $7,786 for a new Youth Development Program. The . Mayor and the Human Services Committee recommended $4,759 for this program. Audrey Cooper from the Southside Center stated that this new request is to fund a staff member for the Youth Development Program and that United Way turned this request down because it was out of the range of the funding scope. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: Reduce the Southside Center's Youth Development program request by $2, 259 leaving the total Youth Development program funding balance at $2, 500. A discussion on Youth Services provided by the Youth Bureau followed. The voting results on this motion were as follows: Ayes (3) - Booth, Hoffman, Romanowski Nays (3) - Johnson, Golder, Daley 6 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Motion failed for lack of majority. The funding request remains as proposed by the Mayor. R. SUICIDE PREVENTION The Mayor's recommendation is $4, 670. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. S. TASK FORCE FOR BATTERED WOMEN The Mayor's recommendation is $10,514 . The Mayor is recommending a new Child Sex Abuse Program (CSAP) of $2,757. A representative from the Task Force stated that the money requested for the new program represents funding for a new staff position. The Human Services Coalition did not recommend the total amount requested of $4, 058 for this program because it was a new program. Alderperson Blanchard arrived during this discussion. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: Delete $2,771 from the entire Task Force for Battered Women request. This would leave a funding balance of $7, 743 (5% over 1990 's request) . This amount can be disbursed as seen fit by the Agency. Alderperson Johnson stated that the cut is one-third of the total Agency' s recommendation and is too much. The voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (4) - Booth, Blanchard, Hoffman, Romanowski Nays (3) - Golder, Johnson, Daley Motion passed. T. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR The Mayor's recommendation is $25, 000. Neither the Human Services Coalition or the Human Services Committee recommended funding for this item. Chairperson Booth stated to the Committee that the funding for this item represented seed money for a Youth Employment Coordinator. The Coordinator would work jointly on school-business relationships and jobs for young people. A consensus of the Committee suggested that this position should be placed in Restricted Contingency until a more detailed evaluation of the program can be made. The following motion was made: Place the Youth Employment Coordinator position into 7 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Restricted Contingency at the Mayor's recommendation of $25, 000. Voting results on this motion were as follows: Ayes (6) - Blanchard, Johnson, Golder, Hoffman, Daley, Romanowski Nays (1) - Booth Motion passed. A discussion followed on the Youth Services provided by the Youth Bureau and the other Human Service Agencies and how those services relate to the Youth Employment Coordinator position. The following motion was made: Reduce the Funding for the Youth Employment Coordinator to $10, 000. The motion died for lack of a second. After a brief discussion the following motion was made: Reduce the funding for the Youth Development Coordinator (now located in Restricted Contingency) by $6, 000 to leave a remaining funding balance of $19, 000. Voting results on this motion were as follows: Ayes (4) - Booth Blanchard, Hoffman, Romanowski Nays (3) - Johnson, Daley, Golder Motion passed. A discussion on the total Human Service Agencies' Budget as amended followed. Alderperson Blanchard stated that if she were here during the voting for the Multicultural Resource Center and the Neighborhood Legal Services she would have voted against the proposed funding for those Agencies. Alderperson Blanchard stated that she would not make a motion at this time. The following motion was made: To approve the total Human Service Committee Budget with the voted amendments at $154,968 including the $19, 000 Restricted Contingency item. This motion was defeated 3-4 . However, Chairperson Booth ruled that the Human Service Agencies' items will stand as they were individually voted on. 3 . OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES A. COMMUNITY ARTS COALITION 8 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 The Mayor's recommendation is $10, 000. This represents an increase of $5, 000 from the 1990 funding amount. It was stated by Alderperson Daley that the $5, 000 funding for 1990 was only for the second half of the year. The $10, 000 request is for the entire year. Community Arts Coalition representative Richard Driscoll stated that the funding will remain the same for 1992 and 1993 . This will be done by using private sector funding on an increased basis. He stated that the $10, 000 in requested funding is the actual costs and a reduction in this amount would really make it difficult to properly operate the coalition. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: To reduce the 1991 Community Arts Coalition funding by $2, 125 leaving a funding balance of $7,875. This represents the same funding recommendation as made by the Human Services Committee. Voting results were as follows: Ayes (2) - Booth, Hoffman Nays (5) - Blanchard, Romanowski, Daley, Johnson, Golder Motion failed. Funding remains as proposed. B. HUMAN SERVICES COALITION The Mayor's recommendation is $9,400. A representative requested that the funding be increased by $1, 000 to assist in the information and referral program. Alderperson Johnson made the following motion: Increase funding for the Human Services Coalition by $1, 000 to a 1991 funding balance of $10,400. Chairperson Booth stated that the request of $9,400 is greater than a five percent increase from 1990. Voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (3) - Daley, Golder, Johnson Nays (4) - Booth, Blanchard, Hoffman, Romanowski Motion failed. The following motion was made: Increase funding for the Human Service Coalition by $500 to a 1991 funding balance of $9,900. 9 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Voting results were as follows: Ayes (4) - Golder, Johnson, Daley, Romanowski Nays (3) - Booth, Blanchard, Hoffman Motion passed. C. TCAD The Mayor's recommendation is $1, 000. Alderperson Daley made the following motion: Increase the 1991 TCAD funding by $1, 000 for a 1991 funding balance of $2, 000. Alderperson Daley stated that TCAD is reducing their funding amount for a period of time. The funding is used for job retention of Tompkins County businesses. The voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (4) - Blanchard, Johnson, Golder, Daley Nays (3) - Booth, Hoffman, Romanowski Motion passed. D. FINGER LAKES ASSOCIATION The Mayor' s recommendation is $1,207. City Controller Cafferillo stated that this is an annual contract with the City, based on census data. Alderperson Daley made the following motion: Delete the entire $1, 207 1991 Finger Lakes funding. Alderperson Blanchard stated that she will abstain from voting on this item because she has a contract with this Association. Mr. Kidd, a representative for Finger Lakes Association, stated that funding has not changed for many years because it is based on census data. The funding amount will change in 1992 because of the 1990 census recently completed. He stated that the $1, 207 funding amount assists Finger Lakes Association in advertising the City of Ithaca for Travel and Tourism. He also stated that if the funding was deleted it may be hard to determine the effects. Voting results on the motion previously stated were as follows: Ayes (4) - Booth, Hoffman, Daley, Golder Nays (2) - Johnson, Romanowski Abstained (1) - Blanchard 10 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Motion passed. E. S.P.C.A. The Mayor's recommendation is $38, 000. The S.P.C.A. Board President spoke to the Committee regarding the contract. She stated that the S.P.C.A. requested amount of $47, 570 represents the actual cost of City services to the S.P.C.A. The $38, 000 recommended by the mayor will not cover the S.P.C.A. services to the City. She also noted that the S.P.C.A. understands the budget problems the City is facing. She recommended that a Dog enumeration should be done and that the S.P.C.A. will be willing to assist the City in an enumeration. The possibility of a Dog enumeration will be put on the January 1991 agenda of the B&A Committee. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed. F. CELEBRATIONS The Mayor's recommendation is $850. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed. G. TOMPKINS-CORTLAND LABOR COALITION The Mayor's recommendation is $18, 000. The Human Services Committee recommendation was $19, 000. Alderperson Johnson made the following motion: Increase the Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition 1991 funding by $1, 000 leaving a 1991 funding balance of $19, 000. Alderperson Cummings returned during this discussion. Voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (2) - Golder, Johnson Nays (6) - Romanowski, Booth, Hoffman, Cummings, Daley, Blanchard Motion failed. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: Reduce the Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition's 1991 funding to $15,750. Voting results on the motion were as follows: Ayes (3) - Hoffman, Booth, Blanchard Nays (5) - Cummings, Daley, Golder, Romanowski, Johnson 11 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Motion failed. Funding for this Agency remains as proposed by the Mayor. H. DEWITT HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Mayor's recommendation is $5, 000. No negative motion was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor. I. CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION The Mayor's recommendation is $3, 000. This is a new program for 1991. The original request by the Agency was $5, 000. A representative from Cooperative Extension stated that the money will be used for administrative costs related to the Community Gardens. If only $3, 000 is received, the Cooperative Extension would have to prioritize its programs. The following motion was made: Increase the 1991 funding for the Cornell Cooperative Extension by $2, 000 to give a total 1991 funding balance of $5, 000. Voting results were as follows: Ayes (5) - Blanchard, Daley, Golder, Cummings, Johnson Nays (3) - Booth, Romanowski, Hoffman Motion passed. The following motion was made: Adopt the entire Other Service Agencies 1991 funding as amended at $88,750. Voting results were as follows: Ayes (5) - Booth, Golder, Hoffman, Daley, Romanowski Nays (3) - Blanchard, Cummings, Johnson Motion passed. 4 . PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUDGET Alderperson Schroeder arrived for this discussion. The Mayor's recommendation is $340,792 . The proposed Budget includes the following: A. A portion of Planning Director Van Cort's salary will be billed to the IURA. This represents a slight change from the past - his salary used to be directly paid by the IURA. 12 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 B. A request for one 1/2 time Senior Steno position. Planning Director Van Cort stated that this person will be used to lessen the burden on the Planning Department Staff for administrative functions relating to the increasing Planning Department involvement with standing committees. Chairperson Booth stated that the City should not add any more new positions. He added that the Planning Department's Budget was within the Mayor's guidelines. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: Delete the 1/2 time Senior Steno position for $7, 150. from the Mayor's proposed Planning Department Budget. A discussion on the position followed. City Controller Cafferillo stated that the benefits for this position may be as much as the salary. This is a result of the City now paying for a partial health insurance for part-time positions. Alderpersons Daley, Schroeder, Golder and Johnson stated that they were in support of this position. Voting results on the motion to delete this position were as follows: Ayes (4) - Hoffman, Booth, Blanchard, Romanowski Nays (5) - Golder, Schroeder,Johnson, Daley, Cummings Motion failed. The 1/2 time position remains as proposed. It was noted that Alderperson Peterson arrived during the last portion of this discussion and did not cast a vote on the Planning Department position. A discussion followed on the need for the matching portion of the NYSCA Grant ($10, 000) . It was the consensus of the Committee that this amount needs to be placed in the 1991 Budget. Planning Director Van Cort recommended $10, 000 - $20, 000 be placed in Restricted Contingency. The following motion was made: Place $10, 000 in Restricted Contingency for the matching portion of the NYSCA Grant. Voting results were as follows: Ayes (8) - Hoffman, Golder, Peterson, Schroeder, Johnson, Blanchard, Daley, Cummings Nays (2) - Booth Romanowski Motion passed. Planning Director Van Cort stated that there are no allocations made in the 1991 Budget for Downtown Vision Task 13 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Force recommendations including a possible Business Improvement District. He recommends that Restricted Contingency money should be allocated for this purpose. The Committee will discuss this topic with Restricted Contingency items on the 28th of November. The following motion was made: Approve the Planning Department's budget as proposed by the Mayor of $340, 792 . Voting results on this motion were as follows: Ayes (9) - Romanowski, Golder, Schroeder, Peterson, Hoffman, Cummings, Blanchard, Johnson Daley Nay (1) - Booth Motion passed. Alderperson Hoffman was excused for the remaining portion of the meeting. He stated he was in support of the INNS Budget. 5. INHS BUDGET The Mayor's recommendation is $83 , 000. Chairperson Booth made the following motion: Delete $3, 000 from the INHS 1991 funding amount. Chairperson Booth stated that this is the City's largest Human Service Agency funding and that the City should maintain the funding at $80, 000, which is the same level as the prior year. The motion dies for the lack of a second. No other negative motion was made. The INHS Budget remains as proposed by the Mayor. The Committee voted 9-0 to move into executive session to discuss a Planning Department Personnel Item. 6. REPORT FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION After the Committee moved back into regular session, Chairperson Booth reported that the Committee discussed a Planning Department personnel item and a vote was taken, however this vote will not be made public until the Common Council meeting on December 5, 1990. 7. REVENUES Chairperson Booth stated that the City Controller and the Mayor made sound revenue projections based on past, present, 14 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 and future data. Chairperson Booth stated that the following items are possible areas where revenue projections may be changed: A. County Recycling Program Revenue - possibility of less money B. Parking Revenues Chairperson Booth is not recommending any changes in the revenue projections. City Controller Cafferillo gave the Committee an update on the current status of the City/County Recycling contract. He stated the City is attempting to negotiate a long term (5 year) recycling contract with the County. The following points were made: A. The City wants to continue to provide the recycling services to the City. B. The County wants a long term recycling contract. C. The County wants to provide recycling services by the use of an outside hauler. D. The County/City only have a four month recycling contract for 1991 and this is currently being negotiated. E. The current revenues in the Mayor's budget reflect a full year recycling contract. City Controller Cafferillo stated that he discussed with Youth Bureau Director Cohen, Youth Bureau Revenue. It was noted that last year's revenue projections were too high for what has been received to date. Because of this, a number of the Youth Bureau revenue lines have been cut back to properly reflect actual revenues. City Controller Cafferillo also stated that the Committee will have to reduce Youth Services revenue based on the County Youth Service contract. The Youth Bureau was hopeful that a greater amount of revenue was going to be paid by the County. The County did not agree to this amount. Controller Cafferillo suggested that $30, 000 be reduced from the appropriate account to reflect this contract. The following motion was made: Reduce A2350 Youth Services by $30, 000 leaving a balance of $763,892 in this account. Voting results were as follows: Passed 9-0. Alderpersons Blanchard and Daley stated that the parking rates should not be raised in 1991. The parking rates should remain at the 1990 levels. After a discussion on parking rates the following motion was made: 15 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 Reduce $23, 500 from Account A1720 which would allow the downtown parking ramp rate to remain at the 1990 level including the seven percent sales tax. The Dryden Road Garage rates would remain as proposed. Controller Cafferillo stated that parking rates in the 1991 proposed budget would be increased as follows: A. Downtown Ramps: $. 25/hour to $. 30/hour B. Dryden Road Garage: $.50/hour to $. 60/hour C. Permits: Lot D $10 to $22 Seneca Ramp $30 to $36 $18 to $22 Green Street $18 to $22 Dryden Road $45 to $50 $35 to $40 W. State St. $18 to $22 A discussion on parking rates continued. The following amendment to the main motion was made: Reduce $43, 500 from Account A1720 which would allow the downtown parking ramp rates and the Dryden Road garage parking rates to remain at current levels. Chairperson Booth stated that this is a terrible revenue decision. Voting results on the amendment to the motion were as follows: Ayes (2) - Schroeder, Golder Nays (7) - Booth, Romanowski, Blanchard, Peterson, Daley, Cummings, Johnson Amendment failed. The parking discussion continued. The following voting results on the main motion were as follows: Ayes (3) - Blanchard, Daley, Schroeder Nays (6) - Booth, Cummings, Romanowski, Peterson, Johnson, Golder Main motion failed. The parking rates remain as proposed by the Mayor. A discussion on the Golf Course followed. The Committee wanted the Golf Course to be budget neutral. It was noted that the Golf fees have already been increased loo as 16 BUDGET REVIEW MEETING - 11/20/90 proposed by the Mayor. It was stated that a $15,000 increase in Golf revenue would give the Golf Course the necessary budget neutrality. The following motion was made: Increase Account A2050 by $15, 000 to give an account balance of $130, 000 and direct BPW to change the Golf Course fees to accomplish this increase. The motion passed 9-0. Further discussions on the revenue followed. City . Controller Cafferillo stated that $141, 000 for the recycling contract will be left in the budget, but if changes are needed during 1991 then an equivalent amount may be deleted from the DPW budget. Controller Cafferillo also stated that Account A2610 included an estimate of $26, 000 for increased fines related to the new traffic enforcement officer in the Police Department budget. Items that will be looked at by the Controller for possible revenue sources include: A. Possible payment for Green St. Ramp land transfer. B. County Mental Health Building Agreement. C. Payment from a Planning Department Grant. Controller Cafferillo stated that New York State may reduce the City's 1990 State Aid another $77, 000. and further reductions in 1991 State Aid Revenue may be made. The Committee decided to delay the reduction of the general State Aid revenue for 1991 until confirmation from the State, on these amounts was received. The following motion was made: Approve the Revenues as amended of $22,851, 335. The motion was approved 9-0. No further discussion was made. The meeting adjourned at 11:45 P.M. 17 REVENUES Mayor's Recommendation $22,866,335 Reduction in A2350 Youth Services for Reduction in the County Contract for Youth Services ( 30,000) Increase in A2050 Golf Course Charges for Increase of Golf Fees 15,000 Net Reduction in Revenues from 11/20/90 ( 15,000) Combined Net Reduction in Mayor's Budget through 11/20/90 ( 86,183) 3 -r SUMMARY: Net Overall Increase in Mayor's Appropriation from 11/20/90 $ 10,189 Combined Net Reduction in Mayor's Appropriations after the 11/12, 11/15 and 11/20/ 90 meetings: ( 101,183) SPT:br 11/26/90 F f Mayor's Recommendation: $23,873,211 Net Reduction in Mayor's Budget through 11/15/90 ( 111,372) Balance Mayor's Recommendation prior to Budget Meeting of 11/20/90 $23,761,839 HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES Increase A1011-435 for increase in Displaced Homemakers Funding 767 Increase A1011-435 for increase of Learning Web Stipends program funding 5,900 Reduce A1011-435 for reduction of Task Force for Battered Women ( 2,771 ) Reduce A1011-435 for reduction of Youth Employment Coordinator Position ( 6,000) Reduce A1011-435 for transfer of Youth Employment Coordinator position to Restricted Contingency ( 19,000) OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES Increase A1012-435 for increase in Human Services Coalition funding 500 Increase A1012-435 for increase in TCAD funding 1,000 _ Reduce A1012-435 for deletion of Finger Lakes Assoc. Funding ( 1,207) Increase A1012-435 for increase in Cornell Coop. Ext. 2,000 CONTINGENCY Increase A1990 Restricted Contingency for Youth Employment Coordinator position 19,000 Increase A1990 Restricted Contingency for matching portion of NYSCA Grant 10,000 Mayor's Adjusted Recommendation as of conclusion of 11/20/90 B&A/Committee of a Whole Meeting $23,772,028 SPT:br 11/26/90